Memory Card Maintenance: Why Formatting Is Important & How to Do It

📌Your dash cam records in a continuous loop, meaning it is constantly writing and overwriting data. This puts significant stress on the memory card. For optimal performance, we recommend formatting your memory card at least once a month.

If you fail to format your memory card for a prolonged period of time, you may encounter the following issues:

1. ❗Memory card error messages
2. ❗Frozen screen
3. ❗Gaps between recordings
4. ❗Corrupted or unplayable files
5. ❗Failure to start up and shutdown
6. ❗Inoperable buttons

💡Tips: If you drive frequently, we recommend formatting your memory card more regularly than the average user.

Yes. You may receive on-screen pop-up and voice reminders such as:

“Memory card damaged, please replace.”
“Memory card error, please format.”
“Please format memory card.”

You can do this either on the dash cam or through the app.

📷On the dash cam:

Settings → More Settings → Format Memory Card → YES

YouTube tutorial: How to Format Your SD Card on Your Miofive Dash Cam？

📱Via the app:

Method 1:Home → Devices → Quick Settings → More → Format SD Card

Method 2: Home → Devices → Live →   → Format SD Card

By ensuring you’re using a high-quality, properly formatted, and fast memory card, you’ll avoid most memory-related issues and keep your dash cam recording smoothly.

For best performance, the Miofive Dash Cam requires a Class 10 U3 card.We recommend using Miofive-branded cards. （Click to buy）  They are optimized for 4K recording and fully tested for compatibility. While we recommend our cards, you are free to choose other brands.